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response to GOOD magazine's post Vampire Energy
I'm an environmentalist, but the numbers on the chart don't add up. Consumer Reports estimates the average household uses about $100/year for standby energy, but then again, when I searched the source for this article, "2005 Intrusive Residential Standby Service Report: Energy Department", it turned up as an Australian study, not an American one. And my call to the magazine was met with less than enthusiasm. I was told I would get a call back, as the person I need to talk to was " just now going in a meeting"...holding breath......
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glutenfreegirl, please clarify
Thanks for calling the questionable source for this to our attention. You wrote that you called "the magazine"--you mean Good Magazine, right? When did you call? Did you ever get a response? ... I would like Good Magazine to provide a link to the source so the the data can be verified. And if the data isn't verifiable, they should offer a correction. It's irresponsible journalism to present inaccurate information as fact, especially considering how easily bad information can spread on the internet. In my web search (on 8/19/08), I found a bunch of sites that seemed to quote the same data and the same source. Since the original source doesn't appear to exist online, I am guessing they got the information from this site...
So sites like Good Magazine have a responsibility to make sure that their information is accurate, and to correct that information when it is found to be inaccurate.
Posted on August 19, 2008 — by amyjo
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